Advisor:
Jeremie Gallien
Developed optimization models and software prototypes for dynamically balancing labor, parts, and production in Dell Computer assembly plants
Automated and optimized part of the Sloan School of Management's course scheduling process, eliminating conflicts, bias, unhappiness, and excessive planning time
Summer 2008 Technical Instructor of the Leaders for Global Operations course on System Optimization and Analysis
Recent Work Experience
Data Xu, External Consultant, 2008
- Matched advertisers with publishers via integer programming
- Replicated competitor's long-term proprietary methodology in days
Analytics Operations Engineering, Intern, Summer 2008
- Optimized inventory distribution for a large department store chain
- Assessed dollar return on advertising for a high-fashion firm
- Quantified quality in advertisements for optimizing ad penetration
Project View, External Consultant, 2003-2006
- Analyzed earned value, total progress, and forecasts for Chevron-Texaco projects
- Conducted internal and external statistical audits, showing joint firm and client growth
- Overhauled and integrated team project controls, cutting manual tasks six-fold
Aera Energy LLC, Intern, Summer 2004
- Identified and documented waste in handling recovered materials
- Led multi-company meetings to re-design and enact new large-scale processes